Tag: 2016 anime review

This is it guys. This anime threw dirty kitty litter in my mouth and called it pop rocks. That’s all I really have to say on the subject… Actually, that’s not true. I have a lot to say on the subject.

How do you even end up with this situation??? UM???

I personally did not like this anime in its entirety. I was actually surprised to see it had its good parts, but I found that there were other aspects of it that overshadowed the good and made it just downright a generic reverse harem with nothing new to add to the table. To make matters worse, it added some shallow attributes that it seemed to be teetering on as to whether or not it was going to fight for or against. It was overall an odd experience for me, one of the weirdest people to ever walk the dino lands.

The Good:

The only TRUE pairing.

The one thing I was pleasantly surprised to see that the humor wasn’t all poorly founded. In fact, there were a few parts that made me laugh pretty hard! While I didn’t agree with all the ways that this anime utilized its humor, I will say that it definitely had its moments were it didn’t make jokes to put down people. Rather, it was almost tasteful! It was like I ordered a good dessert at a greasy spoon.

I also loved Shima Nishina and Kazuma Mutsumi’s representation in the anime. In a lot of reverse harems I’ve seen, there’s usually never a girl being portrayed as a rival; if there is a female role, she’s usually not seen as a threat. But she was taken seriously by the other boys and she was legitimately caring towards Kae. Kazuma was a legitimate multi-sexual character who didn’t see gender at all (yes, I need more characters like this) and it was pretty fantastic to see! His younger brother was also one of my favorites. I was rooting for him after Shima simply because the two of them didn’t care what Kae looked like.

The Bad:

It was no secret that I found Kae’s representation to not only be offensive, but also just awful overall. For character development, for story building, for really anything, I have to say it was just done in poor taste. From the way she talked when she was bigger to how she was drawn as “less attractive” it was clear the writers were taking a jab. What was confusing was that they had plots to consider whether or not her love interests would still like her if she was big; the answer to some being yes and others leaving us uncertain. I couldn’t tell if they were trying to make up for the representation given, but if so they should recognize there are other ways to portray plus-sized characters without making them seem goofy, unattractive or undeserving of love.

That aside, this was a classic reverse harem that ended exactly how other harem stories end. I really hoped, somewhere deep down in the caverns of my very soul, that there was going to be a definitive ending, but no. I got my hopes up yet again. Plus, it felt as though there wasn’t a lot of character development for some of the characters. It seemed like some drastic changes came for characters like Asuma or Yūsuke, but a lot of the other boys seemed to stay the same or they didn’t really grow much in comparison. You could see at the end when she showed her thoughts about each guy, it was sort of like this:

“Asuma is so sweet and charming; he’d help me finish my salad if I couldn’t eat all of it… He’s thought a lot of this through and knows what it means to be in love.”

“Hayato is… Trying his best.”

Who even was this guy?

By far, there was a drastic difference and I think the creators could sort of see that by the end. I think some choices would have been obvious for her with no contest (Shima or Asuma) because they clearly fit better in terms of personality as well as their care for her without a thought on her appearance.

Kitty Rating:

Thanks but no thanks.

Okay so I can’t really overlook some of the issues this anime posed. And overall, despite having beautiful art and animation, I think the story as well as the development of characters was just poorly done. This greasy spoon just did not do it for me. I usually don’t mind reverse harems, but this one bugged me a lot for some of it’s clear tropes and downright rude humor. Elliot liked the boys though, they were pretty. And we were big fans of Shima; she was pretty fantastic. But I couldn’t, in good conscious, give this a better review. I would be lying to my demon overlords if I did.

What did you guys think about Kiss Him Not Me? Tell me in the comment section below!

What the hell even was this show? No, no… Please, someone explain to me exactly what I watched.

Right off the bat, the first thing I thought of was Magi Madoka, but by far more gorey and screwed up. I mean… The comparison was just uncanny. The design of the main girls was almost a copy of Magi Madoka in it’s entirety, but the roles they played and the personalities even solidified it or me. I was even worried that this would surpass one of my favorite anime of all time.

But no. At the end of the day I found this to just be a Madoka-parody slasher. And while there were many aspects I liked, but in the end I found it to not be as good or shocking as promised from episode one.

She was INNOCENT. She deserved HAPPINESS!!! ( ≧Д≦)

The Good:

THEY ALL DESERVED JOY EXCEPT SOME OF THEM! LIKE THOSE ANGELS AND SWIMMER’S EAR CHICK! (;｀O´)o

I have to say, I really enjoyed the character designs for this anime. While they were extremely close to Madoka characters, I thought they still held merit as characters on their own and still were extremely cute. The art and animation for this show was really well down and I found myself rooting for a lot of the girls. Not to mention, to see Sister Nana and Winterprison as a couple was a big highlight for me. I think Winterprison was the first butch lesbian I’ve ever seen in an anime! She was amazing and I felt she was really well done.

I felt that the girls characters were pretty cool in their development. La Pucelle was something I hadn’t even thought of before, but I really enjoyed the idea of a boy being able to be a magical girl. I thought some of the story lines for the characters were overall progressive in their own right, even though the outcomes were not at all what I wanted, I still found a liking to a good majority of the characters overall. It was special in its own way. I guess I should put its drawings up on the fridge from now on.

The Bad:

Hardgore the Edgehog has returned to reclaim the throne.

I think the biggest issue I had with this anime was that it was basically just being gorey for shock value and not really story. I feel like it’s unfair to compare it to Magi Madoka; it’s like comparing a younger sibling to their older, more talented and better looking sibling. But it’s really hard not to, this anime was going for too much of the same goals that Madoka achieved. Whereas the story line for Madoka went from innocent to showing how dangerous and scary it could be to fight witches, Magical Girl Raising Project simply wanted to pin magical girls together for slaughter factors.

Not only that, but there was so many girls. It was hard to get attached to any of them because you didn’t have enough time with the individual characters. For a good portion of the characters I liked, I found out more about them right before they were put to the bloodiest death imaginable. It made it really hard to get shocked about anything either; especially when you figure they’re all going to die. Alongside that, the main villainous magical girl gets killed far too early in the series. In fact, a lot of powerful characters do! I felt it would have been much better to keep those girls alive until the very end for a powerful or more tactful ending. I mean… Swim Swim? The girl’s name doesn’t even sound good let alone threatening.

Kitty Rating:

Let me try to explain this score. The angry Elliot goes for all the traumatic deaths I had to endure from day one; especially since the only girls I liked from this show died like right away. The perturbed Elliot is for how cliche the anime was and how it reminded me too much of Magi Madoka, but like, if Magi Madoka had decided lose its marbles and go ham on everyone. And finally, the amused Elliot was for the girls I did like, especially character designs. It was very appeasing to look at, it just wasn’t nearly as exciting as everyone made it out to be.

It was a little amusing to see who was going to be dropped for each episode, but after a while it just became a little too much. And it just felt like the wrong girls were staying alive until the very end. The whole thing was just… Off. But overall, it wasn’t the worst thing I watched. In fact, I thought it had some merit as entertaining, but please be careful because it really can get overwhelming. So I mean… I guess if it’s your thing… Watch it?

Kyubey was way worse, but this ^ was still annoying.

Which magical girl from Magical Girl Raising Project did you like best? Let me know!